Microsoft, in conjunction with the Computer History Museum, are making the source code for MS-DOS 1.1 and version 2.0 available to the public for the first time ever. Alongside the DOS source code, Microsoft is also revealing the source code for Word 1.1a, which was released back in 1989.
The WATT aims to change the way Capetonians commute in the inner city. Have a look at this new compact electric scooter designed and developed in Cape Town by a local tech startup called eLabs.
Google Now can either be seen as your personal assistant, or proof that Google knows way too much about you. It gives you the ability to manage, search for and organize your information easily within your phone and other Google accounts.
David Beckham is set on not only building a 25,000 seat stadium but developing it into a complete year-round entertainment facility, with a view of Miami only seen by people on private yachts.
The Boeing P-8 Poseidon is one of the most advanced search and surveillance aircraft in the world. It was used in the search of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. Take a look at his behemoth of the skies.
Google is trying to make their Glass look less like an accessory worn by a Star Trek character, and more of a fashion statement, with their announcement of partnering up with the Luxottica Group. Luxottica is a leader in premium, luxury and sports eyewear, with a brand portfolio that includes Ray-Ban, Oakley, Vogue-Eyewear and Persol.
For more than two weeks the disappearance of flight MH370 has flummoxed experts and civilians alike. On Monday, Malaysia’s Prime Minister announced that the plane ended up in the southern Indian Ocean. Experts came to their conclusion using a mathematical and scientific principle called the Doppler Effect.
Do you think that your aerial drone with a camera attached is cool? Please bro, leave it to the Russians to take a toy and create a killing machine. Battle fields of the future will quiver at the mention of the name, ‘Charlene.’
Following a court ruling in support of commercial drones, one San Francisco based company has jumped at the opportunity to launch their pharmacy drone delivery service. If you happen to see toothpaste, nail clippers, deodorants, vitamins and the likes, falling from the sky in San Francisco, don’t be alarmed, just blame QuiQui.
I’ve just received a slightly frantic email from Seth, instructing me to tell you about the “greatest app ever invented.” It’s called Cloak, and the man is literally plutzing. He almost phoned me to tell me about it.
No business can afford to ignore the power of social media. Big business in particular is starting to cotton onto the fact that social media gives consumers inordinate power over their carefully crafted brand identities. So what’s the next big thing in this rapidly developing space? Here’s Seth’s opinion.
The cost of living is exorbitant these days, and if you have a hard time staying connected due to the cost of a good internet connection, then you should be using one of Cape Town’s many free WiFi networks. The incredible peeps at Our Hood have compiled a rather nifty navigable Google Map, which pin-points the best free WiFi spots in Cape Town.
‘Deepface’ sounds like a Bond villain or his plot to destroy the world, and it should. Using the world’s largest photo gallery, a la Facebook, the company has created a program that can determine whether two photographed faces are of the same person with 97.25% accuracy. If you consider humans have 97.53% accuracy doing the same task, this program is mind blowing.
After a 4.4 magnitude quake shook Californians awake in the early hours of 17 March, the LA Times were the first to report the incident, mere minutes after it was announced by the U.S. Geological Survey. You might be thinking it sounds faster than humanly possible. Well, yes. It was written by Quakebot.
Apple’s security is leakier than a colander of late. These images – based on a first hand description – of the company’s life data tracking app ‘Healthbook’ have surfaced. It is expected that Apple’s health-monitoring software for its mobile operating system will be launched with iOS 8.
Steve Jobs didn’t like Apple execs giving interviews. Up until recently Apple’s design chief, Jonathan Ive, has only appeared a handful of times in public for his works, much less give an in-depth interview. Please meet the designer that changed the world.
Yesterday a major scientific discovery was announced which further bolsters the Big Bang Theory of the universe. Scientists found the first evidence for the primordial B-mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background which was detected by a telescope called BICEP2. This is direct evidence of cosmic inflation.
Last month, WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum announced that the messaging platform company are planning to add voice over IP (VoIP) functionality to their app. A screenshot of what it might look like has been leaked, showing the proposed feature on an iOS smartphone.
Welcome to yet another lecture on why posting pictures of yourself on social media sites may come back to haunt you. In this week’s lesson we shall be looking at yet another rascally thing Reddit users are up to. The subreddit called Facebook Cleavage, is making quite a stir.
The ARM-powered CUBESTORMER 3 robot has smashed the Guinness World Record for solving a Rubik’s cube, recording a time of 3.253 seconds at the Big Bang Fair in Birmingham, UK.
Dutch architects from the company Dus, are busy building canal house in Amsterdam using a giant 3D-printer. No – they haven’t had one too many space cakes. Using a massive 3D-printer made from a converted shipping container, they are trying to change the way we construct homes in the future.
Did you just yawn by reading the title? Almost all animals with a spine yawn. Some species yawn as a social ritual, others to realign their jaw. But why do humans yawn? Check out this cool video on why we yawn.
Meet Chris Dancy, the 45-year-old known as the most connected man in the world. Boasting between 300 to 700 systems running at any given moment, all capturing real-time data about his life, Dancy’s use of technology makes the average tech user look like a gorilla with a stick.
Not a reader are we? Speaky is an app that caters for all your lazy – sorry – reading needs. This iOS app will read long winded articles for you out loud.
UberFacts reaches millions of people with its factoids everyday. But what most of its 6.3 million Twitter followers don’t know is that, unfortunately, many of these “facts” are half-truths, completely wrong or misleading.
South by South West – one of the world’s most anticipated and exciting music/film/tech festivals – has been marred by the actions of an allegedly drunk person behind the wheel of a car.
Ever have trouble making choices? Feel like you never quite do the right thing? Well, there’s an app for your indecision… It’s called ChoiceMap. Seth has the story.
The first launch of Virgin Galactic’s space flight is expected to happen within in the next three months. It’s launch will be the first commercial trip to space ever. With the historical moment soon approaching, billionaire entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson has set his sights on building hotels in space.
The audience members at the CeBit convention’s opening were in for a surprise. Guests that included German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister David Cameron, were welcomed by an articulate robot thespian. Meet RoboThespian, the greatest threat to overpaid actors.
Arrgh! To be a pirate and sail across the ocean of torrented movies and series has never been easier using this new app, Popcorn Time. Described as the “Netflix for pirates,” it allows you to stream torrents immediately and serves as an easily navigational platform. Legal? We highly doubt it.